September 2017

Filters for phone reports in iPhones

If you create a report with phone-optimized pages in Power BI Desktop, and the report has filters, you can now apply those filters in the phone report on your iPhone. Read more about filters for Power BI reports on iPhones.

August 2017

iOS proxy settings support

You can now set proxy settings in the Power BI iOS mobile app. This means that Power BI will now work with VPN connections on your mobile device, allowing more users and organizations to securely leverage the power of Power BI on the go.

July 2017

iOS devices

New Q&A experience on iOS (Preview) Instead of just receiving an answer to your question, you can now use natural language to get scoped insights. IEven if you're not sure what you're looking for, Q&A proactively surfaces insights relevant to your data. The new Q&A experience on mobile, developed in collaboration with the Microsoft Research team, showcases powerful technologies within our product. Try the tutorial, Ask questions about your data in the iOS mobile apps.

Responsive visuals

Responsive visual for phone reports and dashboards You can set the visuals in your dashboard or report to be responsive, to change dynamically to display the maximum amount of data and insight, no matter the screen size. Read the blog about responsive visuals.

Previous months

June 2107

All devices

Make apps favorites You can already make a dashboard a favorite. Recently, Power BI added apps, and now you can make apps favorites, too.

May 2017

All devices

New menu: Shared with me Go to Shared with me in the mobile app menu to see all the content that's been shared with you.

New menu: Apps An app is a collection of dashboards and reports built by your organization to deliver key metrics for faster and easier data-driven decisions.

April 2017

All devices

Background color for phone reports When you define a background color for a report in Power BI Desktop, the phone report will have the same background color. More about optimizing report pages for phones.

Develop mobile-friendly custom visuals Read this Developer guide for tips on creating custom visuals that look good and work well on mobile devices.

March 2017

All devices

iOS devices

Ask questions of your data with Q&A - and give us feedback Try asking questions of your data with Q&A, and then give us a smiley or frowny face to let us know how we did.

Use 3D touch for common actions Deep-press the Power BI app icon on the home screen of your iPhone 6s or later to access notifications, search, and recently used dashboards.

Support for right-to-left languages Power BI mobile apps now support right-to-left languages. In this context, "right-to-left languages" refers to Hebrew and Arabic writing systems, which are written from right to left and require contextual shaping. See the list of Supported languages in the Power BI mobile apps.

Android devices

Connect to more than one SSRS server

Now you can have connections to up to five SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) servers at the same time.

Request access to dashboards

If you scan a QR code for a dashboard that you don't have access to, now you can submit a request for access right from the mobile app.

February 2017

All devices

Scrolling made easier

Now you can scroll in bar and column charts in a report by touching the chart itself, rather than touching the scroll bar on the side.

January 2017

All devices

Load more than 100 rows in tables and matrices Now, if you have a large table or matrix on your dashboard or report, we show as much data as possible in the tile. Then in focus mode, you can scroll down to load additional rows.

iOS

SSRS Authentication using Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) Preview Now you can sign in to on-premises SQL Server Reporting Services servers from your mobile device with your organizational account. Read more about using OAuth to connect to SSRS servers.

Android

SSRS Authentication using Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) Preview Now you can sign in to on-premises SQL Server Reporting Services servers from your mobile device with your organizational account. Read more about using OAuth to connect to SSRS servers.

New and improved: Annotate and share insights quickly Sharing and annotating are now fully functional on Android devices. The improved menu makes it easier and quicker to annotate and share insights, and you can also share an annotated report or directly from the Power BI app.

December 2016

All devices

Offline background refresh

To make sure you can access your latest data while offline, we perform a refresh in the background of the app so your business information is up to date, even if you haven’t accessed it for a while. To make sure certain dashboards are always up to date, just mark them as favorites. Learn more about offline capabilities in the Power BI mobile apps.

iOS devices

Annotate and share

Now you can annotate and share a tile, report, or visualization from the Power BI mobile app for iOS.

If you scan a QR code for a dashboard that you don't have access to, now you can submit a request for access right from the mobile app.

Custom URL on image tile

If an image tile has a custom URL defined by the dashboard owner, when you tap the tile you go directly to that URL without opening the tile in focus mode.

iPhone

Apple watch improvements

You can now refresh Apple Watch data directly from the Watch app. In the dashboard index page, deep press to refresh your data. (The Power BI mobile app must be running in the background on your iPhone for this to work).

Android

Custom URL on image tile

If an image tile has a custom URL defined by the dashboard owner, when you tap the tile you go directly to that URL without opening the tile in focus mode. Also, dashboard tiles containing predefined custom URLs can now redirect readers to reports within the app.

iOS on iPhones

Android phones

Added manual tile refresh You can now manually refresh your dashboard tiles. For tiles based on DirectQuery, this will retrieve the latest data from the dataset.

Windows 10 phones

Geographic filtering On your Windows 10 phone you can now filter your report based on your current location, and see only the data you need.

SandDance visualization This custom visualization is now available on the Surface Hub

August 2016

All phones

Favorites View your favorite dashboards from all Power BI mobile apps, and manage the list of favorites from the Power BI mobile apps for iOS and Windows 10 devices. Read more about favorites in the Power BI mobile apps.

Dashboard data classification See the data classifications that dashboard owners have assigned their dashboards. Read more about classifying dashboards.

Data-driven alerts Get notified by an alert when your data changes in pre-set ways for KPI, gauge, and card tiles. Learn more about:

January 2016

All of the January improvements are already in the new Power BI app for Windows 10 phones, released in December 2015. Now they're rolling out to the other Power BI apps for mobile devices. Read the blog post about these improvements.

Real-time data support Dashboards refresh in real time, so you don't need to refresh them manually.

Offline indicators When you don't have signal, you see an offline indicator at the top of your dashboard.

Access cached data Cached data no longer expires, so you have access to your cached data indefinitely while offline.

R tiles and web widgets View these new tile types in dashboards on your mobile device.

Report pages pinned as tiles to dashboards Now that you can pin a whole report page to a dashboard in the Power BI service, you can view report pages in the Power BI app on your iPhone or on your Android phone.

December 2015

The Power BI team ended 2015 strong, with several major additions and updates.

SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services mobile reports in iOS

Now you can view your SQL Server mobile reports in the Power BI app on your iOS device, be it iPad or iPhone. Read more:

Improved data representation of line chart tiles to better compress the x-axis.

Improved user experience when using with role-based security.

Touch-optimized improvements for matrix chart tiles: Now you can easily scroll through your matrix data and view all its data easily and intuitively.

Improved data formatting of charts and alignments of dashboard tiles.

Removal of iOS 7 support: To maintain highest security standards for Power BI, we will no longer support iOS 7 installed devices. iOS 8 and above is required.

Send feedback and rating added in app: Added in-app capability to send feedback and provide ratings so that we can increase the community’s influence on our roadmap and promote issues easily and directly from the app.